On April 16, Beijing time, the third semi-final match between the Guangdong Men’s Basketball Team and the Liaoning Men’s Basketball Team went to overtime. In the end, the Liaoning Men’s Basketball Team narrowly defeated Guangdong 117-116, thus winning a big victory. The Guangdong Men's Basketball Team was eliminated with a score of 3-0 and advanced to the finals first. In fact, in this game, Guangdong once gave people hope of victory. For most of the game, Guangdong firmly suppressed the Liaoning team. At the end of the first three quarters, Guangdong still led Liaoning by 9 points 85-76. However, in the critical fourth quarter, Zhang Zhenlin began to wake up and scored 11 points and 5 rebounds to help the Liaoning team close the score. In overtime, Zhang Zhenlin scored again. Scored 6 points and 1 rebound, laying the foundation for Liaoning's victory over Guangdong.

As the defending champion, he fell in the semi-finals and was swept 3-0 by his old rivals. This result was difficult for many fans to accept, and the entire Guangdong team was also a little difficult to accept this result. Relieve. Guangdong head coach Du Feng said at the post-match press conference: "I feel that we have not lost in these three games. I am very satisfied that we can play like this despite the lack of so many people. I am really satisfied that we can play like this." "It's not easy." Zhao Rui also said at the press conference: "I actually thought that I had imagined a lot of results in this game. In fact, I thought we could do it, but it was a pity that we lost. Lost the game, but the person who loses the game is not necessarily the loser." In addition, players such as Yi Jianlian, Wilms, Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie expressed their unwillingness during the interview.

This season is indeed a very difficult season for the Guangdong team. This team has won the championship for three consecutive seasons, which means that they have to play more games every season than other teams. Some of their players also participated in the National Games last summer, and at the end of the year After participating in the World Cup preliminaries, the team was very tired. In addition to equipment, injuries have also hit Guangdong this season. Marshon Brooks missed the entire season last season due to a torn Achilles tendon. Yi Jianlian's condition declined significantly after returning from a serious injury. Hu Mingxuan and Zhao Rui returned in the middle of the season. He was absent for a period of time due to injury, which directly affected the Guangdong team's regular season record. They only finished fifth in the league.

At the end of the regular season, the team's best sixth man Ren Junfei also suffered from injuries and missed the last two games of the regular season and almost all games in the playoffs. Foreign aid Ledo was injured in the match with Zhejiang team and also missed nearly 4 games. Captain Zhou Peng suffered a concussion in the second game of the semifinals and missed the third game. With so many personnel injured, Du Feng's guidance of troop formations was somewhat stretched. It was reasonable to lose to his opponents. Just imagine, if Ledo, Ren Junfei and Zhou Peng can all participate in all the semi-finals healthy, at least the Liaoning team will not sweep Guangdong so easily.

In any case, this season is completely over for the Guangdong team. They were finally able to take a good rest and recover from their injuries. However, in addition to injuries, several core players of the team, Wilms, Zhou Peng, Su Wei, and Yi Jianlian, also had aging problems in this semi-final. Perhaps Guangdong should consider introducing some strong reinforcements during the offseason. .